Food adventure weekend 14-15 August 2010

Saturday

What was supposedly a trip to the annual Bristol Balloon Fiesta 2010 has turned into 'food fiesta'. This is due to the ever unpredictably predictable wet British weather.

The day started with the sun shining above us. As we were driving along the M4 towards Bristol, it started to drizzle and by the time we reached Water Sky restaurant in Bristol it POURED down with rain!

Since it was raining heavily we decided to head back to a friend's place and wait the rain out. Sun came out sooner than we thought so we head out to Aston Court - venue for the balloon fiesta.

Rainbow above Ashton Court Estate

Lo and behold, as we started tracking down the hill towards the funfare, the sky begin to darken and few water droplets turned into another bout of heavy rain.

So we all decided to head to another eating place - HKD, for FOOD!

Kari Laksa

Red Bean with Iced Milk

Sunday

And of course, the weekend must end perfectly with another trip to a good food place in the town of Pontypridd.

Bunch of Grapes  boasts a menu serving different food daily from local produce that is available on that day.

Bunch of Grapes menu

Oxtail soup with grilled pancetta and organic tomato

Terrine of chicken and pork with toasted bread and marrow chutney

Roasted leg of lamb with pearl barley and Bristol sunrise and rosemary jus

Roast leg of Welsh pork with smoked paprika with perry jus, apple sauce and crackling

Hand cut chips - crispy on the outside, silky soft on the inside